Attractive Hung Yen

Longan has gone into traditional folksong, poems and songs about land and people of Hung Yen as indispensability so far. People compare Hung Yen as “the capital” of longan tree, and Hung Yen longan is “the King” of longan.

On October 9th morning, 2017 (August 20th in Lunar Calendar), the Organizer Boarding of Tran temple festival of Quang Trung ward organizes the opening ceremony and the incense offering ceremony in order to commemorate 717th dead anniversary of the General Tran Quoc Tuan (1300 – 2017).

La Tien Banyan and La Tien temple locates at Nguyen Hoa commune, Phu Cu district, Hung Yen province. This is the place to commemorate 1.145 soldiers and revolutionaries who were tortured and executed by the French from 1949 to 1954. La Tien banyan tree witnessed our citizens’ sacrifice and recorded the cruel crime of French colonist; it became a symbol of resilience of Hung Yen people.

From May 1st, 2017 to May 7th, 2017 (April 6th to April 12th in Lunar Calendar), villagers in An Xa village (An Vien commune, Tien Lu district, Hung Yen province) hold Dau An temple festival in order to honor great merits of Jade Emperor, the Heaven Spirit and the Earth Spirit. The major festival days are from April 6th to April 8th.

In harmony with the atmosphere of the National Day on March 10th (Lunar Calendar), Au Co Temple in Hung Cuong commune, Hung Yen city solemnly held a festival to remind us the tradition of “Drinking water, remember the source”.

On April 8th, 2017 (March 12th in Lunar Calendar), Ghenh temple festival is held in Nhu Quynh town, Van Lam district in order to celebrate the 973th anniversary of the birth of the King’s Mother Y Lan (March 7th, 1044 – March 7th, 2017).

About 7km from the center of Hung Yen city, coming to Dao Nuong's homeland – the ancestor of Ca Tru singing of our country, you can visit relic group of Dao Dang Communal House, Temple and Pagoda. The relic group is located at Dao Dang hamlet, Trung Nghia commune, Hung Yen city, and it was recognized as the historical and architectural relic at national level on February 5th, 1994.

Nom Village in Dai Dong hamlet, Van Lam district, Hung Yen province lies just over 30 kilometers east of Hanoi. The village was formed at the beginning of the Common Era, according to a stele preserved in Nom Pagoda.

Pho Hien famous in the 16th – 17th century is the second largest commercial port in the North. Westerners and Chinese came to Pho Hien to do business, which contributed to form a Pho Hien which was famous for the folk song “The First is Kinh Ky, the Second is Pho Hien”. Especially, Chinese people came to Pho Hien and they brought their specialties like Siu Chau candy and Suzhou Cake to use in their festivals and holidays.

The worshipping house of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan is located at Van Noi village, Hong Tien commune, Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province. It was built from 2003 to 2005 on the ground of Hoang family. The house is divided into 5 simple rooms following the traditional structure of the Northern Delta. Besides, there are some other works around the worshipping house such as guest house, the system of ground and garden, trees, half-moon lotus pond, flagstaff and so on. These works make the worshipping house more beautiful and solemn.

Dai Dong communal house was built in Dai Dong village, Dai Dong commune, Van Lam district, Hung Yen province. It was upgraded completely in 1924. The communal house worships Tam Giang who had merits to defeat the Western Han Dynasty (China) in the past. Also, Tam Giang communal house is another name of Dai Dong communal house.